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Bridging The Gap Between Families, Schools and Specialist Support

Schools are facing increasing pressures. Families are often navigating complex systems. Children and young people can become caught between education, healthcare and support services. At Sensational Minds, we help bring these worlds together.

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Why schools work with us

Educational Expertise Combined With Neurodevelopmental Understanding

Sensational Minds was founded by Rhiann Marchant, a teacher and specialist SENCO with over 15 years of experience working across education. By combining specialist educational expertise with neurodevelopmental understanding, we help schools and families work together more effectively to support children and young people.

This is not simply a SEND consultancy. It is a specialist education partnership service designed to help schools, leaders, families and professionals create better outcomes for children and young people.

  • Specialist SEND expertise
  • Neurodevelopmental expertise
  • Assessment knowledge
  • Post-diagnostic support
  • Family support
  • Senior leadership expertise
  • School improvement experience
  • Specialist teacher expertise
  • SENCO expertise

The pressures facing schools

  • Increasing SEND demand
  • Staff pressures
  • Limited resources
  • Curriculum expectations
  • Accountability requirements

The challenges facing families

  • Long waiting lists
  • Assessment uncertainty
  • EHCP processes
  • Difficult relationships with services
  • Understanding support options

Our role is not to create conflict. Our role is to help schools, professionals and families work together in the best interests of the child.

Education services

Six ways we work with schools, leaders and families

Children achieve their best outcomes when schools, families and specialists work together.

Education Navigation

Helping Families Understand Educational Pathways

Helping families navigate complex systems with confidence.

  • SEN Support guidance
  • EHCP understanding
  • School placement discussions
  • Transition planning
  • Educational pathway support
  • Understanding available options
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School Consultation

Specialist Educational Consultation

Specialist thinking time for the situations that do not fit a standard plan.

  • Complex case consultation
  • SEND strategy support
  • Provision planning
  • Parent meeting support
  • Neurodevelopmental guidance
  • Collaborative problem-solving
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Staff Training and Professional Development

Building Knowledge and Confidence In Education

Practical, research-informed CPD delivered by education professionals.

  • Newly Qualified Teachers
  • Early Career Teachers
  • Teaching Assistants
  • SENCOs
  • Senior Leaders
  • MAT Leaders
  • University Teacher Training Programmes
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Coaching and Mentoring

Supporting Neurodivergent Young People

Delivered within schools or at the Sensational Minds centre.

  • Emotional regulation
  • Confidence building
  • Self-advocacy
  • Managing change
  • Flexibility of thinking
  • Neurodivergent identity
  • Social understanding
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Whole School Neuroinclusion

Creating Environments Where Every Learner Can Thrive

Reviewing the systems, environments and culture that shape everyday practice.

  • Neuroinclusive audits
  • SEND reviews
  • Inclusion reviews
  • Staff confidence reviews
  • Environmental reviews
  • Leadership consultation
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Leadership and School Improvement

Strategic Educational Support

Strategic support for the leaders responsible for provision and outcomes.

  • School improvement planning
  • SEND strategy
  • Leadership coaching
  • Provision development
  • Organisational review
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Why education settings choose us

We understand both sides of the conversation

We Understand Schools

More than 15 years of educational experience across classrooms, SEND provision and senior leadership.

We Understand Families

Helping families navigate complex journeys, from first concerns through assessment and beyond.

We Understand Neurodevelopment

Specialist expertise across autism, ADHD, dyslexia and wider neurodevelopmental differences.

We Build Relationships

Supporting collaborative working between schools and families rather than adding to conflict.

We Focus On Practical Solutions

Strategies that work in real classrooms, with real timetables, staffing and budgets.

We Support Long-Term Change

Creating sustainable improvement rather than one-off interventions that fade after a term.

What we believe

Practical solutions. Meaningful partnerships. Better outcomes.

  • Children achieve their best outcomes when schools, families and specialists work together.
  • We understand both sides of the conversation.
  • Practical solutions. Meaningful partnerships. Better outcomes.
  • Educational expertise combined with specialist neurodevelopmental understanding.
  • Supporting schools, families and young people to thrive together.
  • Bridging the gap between education, assessment and support.

Answers

Education partnership questions

Written to be genuinely useful, and short enough to read at the end of a long day.

Are you an advocacy service?
No. We are not an advocacy service. We are specialist educational professionals. Our aim is to help schools and families work collaboratively to identify practical and achievable solutions that support positive outcomes for the child or young person.
Who delivers the education work?
Our education work is led by Rhiann Marchant, a teacher and specialist SENCO with more than 15 years of experience across education, alongside colleagues with neurodevelopmental assessment and family support expertise.
Can you consult about an individual pupil?
Yes. Complex case consultation is one of the most requested parts of our work. With appropriate consent in place, we can look at the information available, help the team make sense of it and agree practical next steps for provision and communication.
Do you help schools use assessment reports?
Yes. Schools often ask what to do with a report. We help translate assessment outcomes and recommendations into support plans, provision and classroom practice, and identify what should be monitored and reviewed.
Can training be delivered in school?
Yes. Training can be delivered in person at your setting, online, or as part of a wider partnership. Sessions can be shaped to fit twilight slots, INSET days or longer programmes across the year.
Do you work with multi-academy trusts?
Yes. Strategic Education Partnerships are designed for MATs, trusts, independent schools, local authorities and other educational organisations that need consistency across several settings.
Can families access this support directly?
Yes. Education Navigation is designed for families. It helps parents and carers understand SEN Support, EHCP processes, placement options and transition planning so they can take part in meetings with confidence.
Do you take sides between schools and families?
No. Our role is not to create conflict. We understand the pressures schools face and the challenges families face, and we work to help both sides reach practical decisions in the best interests of the child.
How do we get started?
Book an education consultation. We will talk through your setting or your situation, suggest a proportionate starting point and confirm costs in writing before any work begins.

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Whether you are supporting an individual pupil, strengthening SEND provision, improving staff confidence or developing a whole-school neuroinclusion strategy, Sensational Minds can help.

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